This 1970s film “Stop and Frisk – Search” is from a series of training films called “Legal Information for Law Enforcement.” This film features legal information for law enforcement regarding stop and frisk searches (pat downs). The “stop and frisk” rule originated from the Fourth Amendment’s language regarding unreasonable searches and seizures. The policy allows police to stop and “pat down” anyone they suspect may be committing, have committed, or are about to commit a crime. This film looks at different examples and situations that might arise and whether these constitute lawful grounds for searching someone. The footage is mainly of police officers in Manhattan Beach and Redondo Beach, California either pulling people over or stopping them on the street and searching them on the basis of different contexts. Several suspects are found to be carrying marijuana to demonstrate that such “accidental” finds do not endanger the lives of officers and do not constitute probable cause for a search, making the evidence inadmissible. This film features David R. Disco, Deputy District Attorney, as the instructor. It was produced and directed by Richard S. Scott, M.D. (Richard Stanley Scott), a filmmaker who began his career as an emergency room physician, and later became an attorney who attempted to help terminally ill clients die. The movie was filmed by Robert Maxwell and edited by David C. Dobson. Actors include Paul Condylis, Peter Manos, Alice Carter, Bonnie Clarke, Carol Dillon and Roger Reinhart. The technical advisors for the film were Captain Eugene Cavanaugh and Detective French Walls.

0:09 Man in a suit talking, 0:34 Title “Legal Information for Law Enforcement”, 0:42 Title “Stop and Frisk – Search”, 0:46 Police officers searching a suspect’s house, 1:14 Narrator with a microphone talking, 1:26 Police pulling over a car, 1:45 Police Officer begins speaking to man he pulled over and points at points on the man’s body, 2:34 Officers on patrol patting down a man, find a large amount of marijuana, and then arrest him, 3:31 a car pulled over by two police cars and the driver is patted down, 4:28 Couple walking along a beach stopped by police and man is patted down, again find a bag of marijuana, and arrest the man, 6:04 Man runs a stop sign and is pulled over, 6:24 Officer searches car and finds a gun on the seat and begins patting down the driver, 6:48 Van is pulled over and officers with shotguns tell occupants to exit the van, 7:45 Officers open the van to check for more suspects, find money, and pat down both suspects, 8:30 Police officers sitting in a room and getting instructions, 9:22 suspect is patted down while his hands are against a wall and has his ID checked, 10:17 Narrator is shown speaking, 11:10 Suspect attempting to hide while a police officer pulls up and is patted down, 11:36 Narrator is at the scene explaining the process, 12:12 suspect makes a threatening motion and is then patted down, 12:26 Same suspect is stopped by an officer and is patted down after looking through a window, 13:05 Narrator stands in the foreground while the suspect is arrested for marijuana possession, 13:47 Suspect is patted down again and the officers find a container and put it back in his pocket, 14:50 List of items that constitute probable cause to start a pat down “Unusual Activity, Suspect—Activity”, and related to crime, 15:12 Title “Probable Cause to Detain” and “Reason to believe suspect is armed”, 15:57 Police helicopter with a searchlight flying switches to rolling credits mixed with shots of officers searching different areas and places, 17:00 Title “Redondo Beach Police Department”, 17:38 Title “Legal Information for Law Enforcement”

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